- Working with Contacts and Schedules
- Adding Contacts to Address Book
- Creating Groups of Contacts
- Creating a Smart Group
- Exporting Contacts as vCards
- Importing a vCard into Address Book
- Mapping a Contacts Address
- Adding a To-Do in iCal
- Adding an Appointment in iCal
- Modifying an Event in iCal
- Switching Calendar Views in iCal
- Setting Up an Alarm in iCal
- Inviting Contacts to Events in iCal
- Putting Contacts, Bookmarks, and Calendars Online
- Searching Calendars in iCal
- Subscribing to an iCal Calendar
- Publishing an iCal Calendar
- Making Notes in Mail
- Turning an Email into a To-Do Item
- Syncing a PDA, an iPod, or a Phone with Your Mac
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Syncing a PDA, an iPod, or a Phone with Your Mac
If you use an iPhone, a Palm, or another device that can interact with your Mac, you’re definitely going to want to sync that device with iCal and Address Book. The procedure is a bit different for Palms than it is for other devices, but in either case it takes only a few steps. Here’s how to get started.
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Start up iSync (located in the Applications folder).
Click the icon for the device you want to sync.
If this is the first time you’re syncing, click each device icon and choose an option from the For first sync pop-up menu.
Click the Contacts check box to include contacts in the sync, and choose which groups to include from the Synchronize pop-up menu.
Click the Calendars check box to include calendars in the sync, and choose which calendars to include.
To sync all devices other than a Palm device, click Sync Devices to begin the sync process.
To sync all devices, including a Palm PDA, start a HotSync by tapping the Palm’s HotSync button.
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Tip: When Little Changes Add Up
If more than 5% of your data will be modified by the sync process, iSync lets you know what the percentage of change is and offers you the option of canceling the sync. Choose iSync, Preferences to change the percentage that triggers this warning.
Tip: Getting Hooked Up with iSync
You can download iSync at www.apple.com/isync/. To add a device to iSync, hook it up to your Mac and start iSync. Choose Devices, Add Device. Double-click the new device when it appears in the Add Device window.